A church in the suburbs of Chicago says it is “fasting from whiteness” during Lent, the 40-day period leading up to Easter.
Author: Blazingcatfur
Ottawa’s plan to tax big bank profits will flow to consumers: Scotiabank CEO
The final message to Scotiabank shareholders from its president and CEO’s annual address: a higher tax on the country’s biggest banks is a tax on you.
Brian Porter called a tax hike that’s widely expected to be included in Thursday’s budget a “knee-jerk reaction that sends the wrong message to the global investment community.”
WTF?
This person identifies as fishgender and uses toy/toyself pronouns. Toy’s parents must be so proud. pic.twitter.com/m5J95DIdOo
— Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) April 4, 2022
Minneapolis officer who fatally shot Amir Locke won’t be charged
The Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an armed 22-year-old Amir Locke during a SWAT raid on a downtown apartment in early February will not be charged with a crime, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman and Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Wednesday.
“After a thorough review of all available evidence … there is insufficient admissible evidence to file criminal charges in this case,” a statement from Freeman and Ellison read.
A video released shortly after the shooting Feb. 2 showed several SWAT officers rushing into the Bolero Flats Apartment Homes, at 1117 S. Marquette Av. about 7 a.m. while shouting “Search warrant!” in connection with a homicide investigation in St. Paul that did not involve Locke.
First NATO country sends tanks to Ukraine: Czech Republic provides T-72 tanks and armoured infantry vehicle
The Czech Republic has become the first NATO country to send tanks to Ukraine, providing T-72 and armoured infantry vehicles following President Zelensky’s plea for help.
Several BVP-1 infantry fighting vehicles, howitzer artillery pieces and more than a dozen T-72 tanks were yesterday loaded on a train bound for Slovakia where they are expected to head on to Ukraine, footage run by public broadcaster Czech Television showed.
The delivery is understood to be a gift agreed on by NATO allies, raising fears the trans-Atlantic bloc could be dragged into the Russian war in Ukraine despite remaining on the sidelines for more than a month.
#Ukraine: A Russian tank was destroyed by the 34th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion using, as claimed, a NLAW anti-tank missile. pic.twitter.com/KeWRKoWn7E
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) April 6, 2022
The danger of regulating online content
Let’s pretend for a moment that it’s possible to regulate the Internet and protect free speech at the same time.
Even if you could protect free speech by limiting it (you can’t), I wouldn’t trust anyone in Ottawa to be capable of such a balancing act.
Mother ‘begged for life’ of IS hostage, court hears
Parents of a US humanitarian worker killed by the Islamic State begged for her life in emails to her captors, a court has heard.
Kayla Mueller, 26, was one of several people who died at the hands of a Syria-based IS terror cell dubbed the Beatles due to their British accents.
On Tuesday, her mother Marsha spoke at the federal trial of El Shafee Elsheikh, 33, known as “Jihadi George”.
DEA Administrator: ‘China Is Providing Chemicals‘ ‘to the Criminal Drug Networks‘ That Are ‘Mass-Producing‘ Fentanyl Pills
During an interview with ABC on Tuesday aired on Tuesday’s edition of “Nightline,” DEA Administrator Anne Milgram stated that China provides chemicals “to Mexico, to the criminal drug networks that are then mass-producing” fake prescription pills that are sold as though they’re prescription drugs, but are actually laced with fentanyl.
France: Far-Left Suspected in Sabotage of Power Lines That Shut Down Factories
Far-left extremists are believed to have been involved in the sabotage of power lines in the southern commune of Villard-Bonnot that saw over 5,000 people go without power early Tuesday morning.
Al-Qaida leader circulates proof of life video
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A rare video has appeared of al-Qaida’s chief praising an Indian Muslim woman who in February defied a ban on hijab wearing, revealing the first proof in months that he is still alive.
Rumors of the death of Ayman al-Zawahri have persistently circulated, but in a video released Tuesday and translated by the SITE Intelligence Group, the reclusive al-Qaida chief praises Muskan Khan who defied a ban on the wearing of the hijab in schools in India’s southwestern state of Karnataka.
Americans Sour on Disney’s LGBTQ Agenda
Disney’s boasting about indoctrinating kids with LGBTQ propaganda isn’t sitting well with the American public, according to a new Rasmussen Reports survey released Tuesday. According to the poll, only 28% of American adults believe the emphasis on “inclusion” and “diversity” makes children’s entertainment better.
Calgary police to delay removal of thin blue line patches, citing internal discord
A recent decision by the Calgary Police Commission to require officers to remove a controversial thin blue line patch from their uniforms has deepened discord within the police service, according to Calgary’s police chief.
As a result, Calgary police have delayed by two weeks a requirement that officers remove the patches.
Jesse Kline: Environmentalists won’t be satisfied unless energy industry destroyed
At the beginning of the 19th century, Chicago had a problem: the city was only slightly higher in elevation than Lake Michigan, which caused sewage and other runoff to pool at the centre of town, leading to smelly living conditions and numerous disease outbreaks. To solve it, engineers physically raised the city — buildings, streets, sidewalks and all — and installed a citywide sewage system. This is the power of human ingenuity, and it offers a lesson in how we can tackle some of the world’s most intractable problems, such as climate change.
Putin’s daughters targeted by US sanctions
The US has imposed sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, including his daughters.
The list also includes the family of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and major banks.
The measures follow new revelations of atrocities by Russian troops in Ukraine, including images of bodies of civilians scattered on the streets of Bucha, near the capital Kyiv.
Russia says, without evidence, the images are staged by Kyiv officials.
The Great Russian Energy Scam – Russian ‘Dark Money’ Funding ‘Green’ Groups in West
“With winter fast approaching, Europe finds itself in an energy crisis—and reliant on the tender mercies of Russian strongman Vladimir Putin. It’s a self-induced disaster years in the making”.
That was how an October 20, 2021 editorial in the Wall Street Journal began, before Russia amassed its troops on the Ukrainian border and no analyst or think tank imagined that the unthinkable was around the corner.